Twelve years is a long way for anyone to be away from home. Long Shot has wandered the width and breadth of Equestria since his teenage years, chasing after some nebulous goal even he doesn't understand, always staying on the move to keep the ghosts of his past from catching up to him. Driven into the frozen north by forces beyond his control, he comes full-circle to the place where he was born, raised and damned. A town, a factory, a fire and a mare with burned hooves haunt his every step, and it's only a matter of time before fate calls him to account for his actions. Inspired by the works of Kkat, other writers within the Fo:E universe, my role-playing buddies in the Point Lookout roleplay group and the Fallout series of games created by Bethesda.